New York Times bestselling author of Orphan #8 Kim van Alkemade returns with a gripping and
poignant historical saga in which an unmarried college student who's given up her baby for
adoption helps a Dutch Holocaust survivor search for his lost mother. 1960 New York City:
College student Rita Klein is a pioneering woman in the new field of computer programming?until
she unexpectedly becomes pregnant. At the Hudson Home for Unwed Mothers social workers
pressure her into surrendering her baby for adoption. Rita is struggling to get on with her
life when she meets Jacob Nassy a charming yet troubled man from the Netherlands who is
traumatized by his childhood experience of being separated from his mother during the
Holocaust. When Rita learns that Hitler's Final Solution was organized using Hollerith
punch-card computers she sets out to find the answers that will help Jacob heal. 1941 The
Hague: Cornelia Vogel is working as a punch-card operator at the Ministry of Information when a
census of Holland's population is ordered by the Germans. After the Ministry acquires a
Hollerith computer made in America Cornelia is tasked with translating its instructions from
English into Dutch. She seeks help from her fascinating Jewish neighbor Leah Blom an
unconventional young woman whose mother was born in New York. When Cornelia learns the census
is being used to persecute Holland's Jews she risks everything to help Leah escape. After Rita
uncovers a connection between Cornelia Vogel and Jacob's mother long-buried secrets come to
light. Will shocking revelations tear them apart or will learning the truth about the past
enable Rita and Jacob to face the future together?
